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The rules in Ontario on disclosing information in birth registrations and adoption orders have changed recently with the enactment of the 2007 law, the Adoption Information Disclosure Act.
The opening of Ontario adoption records means that adoptees over 18 can access previously sealed records, and discover their original name.
However that Act eliminated the Adoption Disclosure Register (ADR), which since the 1980s ran a mutual match registry for adoptees and birth parents, and an active search registry on behalf of adoptees.
Subsequent events have made searching with the help of the provincial government problematical. For the latest news, see the Ministry of Community and Social Services page, "Searching for Adoption Records in Ontario", at
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/community/programs/adoptInfo.
On the same subject, I've posted the article "Ontario opens its adoption files" at
http://www.familyhelper.net/news/070910open.html.
Some steps you can take are:
-- Ask for background information from the Children's Aid Society which handled your adoption.
-- Register with a support group such as Parent Finders.
Parent Finders is a volunteer search and support organization for adoptees and birth parents which has helped many people. They will send an information package, if you forward your mailing address. I recommended contacting it as it is a very helpful group. Here are the details:
Parent Finders National Capital Region Inc., Box 21025, Ottawa South P.O., Ottawa, Ont. K1S 5N1, 613-730-8305, fax 730-0345, e-mail: pfncr@aol.com, web site: http://members.aol.com/pfncr. President is Patricia McCarron.
Parent Finders recommends an online registry database called Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc. (CARI), at
http://www.canadianadopteesregistry.org. It is also a searchable database. There are no fees involved, and it's run by volunteers.
Another legitimate online registry is called Canadopt, also linked on the PFNCR home page. It's wise to put your name in as many databases as possible and hope for a match.
Track the latest changes in adoption law by visiting the Adoption Council of Canada site at
http://www.adoption.ca. Click "Legislation".
--Robin Hilborn
Box 1353, Southampton, Ont. N0H 2L0
Editor, Family Helper
http://www.familyhelper.net
The rules in Ontario on disclosing information in birth registrations and adoption orders have changed recently with the enactment of the 2007 law, the Adoption Information Disclosure Act.
The opening of Ontario adoption records means that adoptees over 18 can access previously sealed records, and discover their original name.
However that Act eliminated the Adoption Disclosure Register (ADR), which since the 1980s ran a mutual match registry for adoptees and birth parents, and an active search registry on behalf of adoptees.
Subsequent events have made searching with the help of the provincial government problematical. For the latest news, see the Ministry of Community and Social Services page, "Searching for Adoption Records in Ontario", at
http://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/mcss/english/pillars/community/programs/adoptInfo.
On the same subject, I've posted the article "Ontario opens its adoption files" at
http://www.familyhelper.net/news/070910open.html.
Some steps you can take are:
-- Ask for background information from the Children's Aid Society which handled your adoption.
-- Register with a support group such as Parent Finders.
Parent Finders is a volunteer search and support organization for adoptees and birth parents which has helped many people. They will send an information package, if you forward your mailing address. I recommended contacting it as it is a very helpful group. Here are the details:
Parent Finders National Capital Region Inc., Box 21025, Ottawa South P.O., Ottawa, Ont. K1S 5N1, 613-730-8305, fax 730-0345, e-mail: pfncr@aol.com, web site: http://members.aol.com/pfncr. President is Patricia McCarron.
Parent Finders recommends an online registry database called Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc. (CARI), at
http://www.canadianadopteesregistry.org. It is also a searchable database. There are no fees involved, and it's run by volunteers.
Another legitimate online registry is called Canadopt, also linked on the PFNCR home page. It's wise to put your name in as many databases as possible and hope for a match.
Track the latest changes in adoption law by visiting the Adoption Council of Canada site at
http://www.adoption.ca. Click "Legislation".
--Robin Hilborn
Box 1353, Southampton, Ont. N0H 2L0
Editor, Family Helper
http://www.familyhelper.net
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